Improvement in cartridges



0.R.ALS0P.

CARTRIDGE.

No. 37,481. Patented Jan@ 2'17, 1863,'.

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' Inventor:

ZM/a4 M UNITED .'i'rnxrEs4 CHARLES E. ALsoP, oF MIDDLE-TOWN, coNNEcTIcUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN CARTRIDGES.

Specz'jicat'ion fawnng part of Letters Patent No. 37,481, dated January 27, 1863.

refereucebeing had to the accompanyiigdraw-' ings,'and to the letters ot' reference marked thereon, like letters indicating the same parts in the several figures, and in which drawings-I Figure'l shows a cartridge iu longitudinal section, with a chargent' powder therein, and a wad upon the powder to hold the latter in place, aswell as torm a partition between'it and the slot; Fig. 2, a view the same as Fig. 1, with the shot inserted in the cartridge-tube, Fig. 3, a like view, with a wad inserted upon the shot, and with the open end of the cartridge projecting beyond the wad which rest-s upon the shot; Fig. 4, a view showing end oi' the cartridge, as represented' in Fig. 3, turned or twisted down upon the wad which rests upon the shot Fig. 5, a view showing` a paper cap or disk secured upon the turneddown end of the cartridge and Fig. 6, a view, in section, of? the cartridge complete, having lubricating material thereon.

The object of my invention' is to so forma powder and shot cartridge for sporting purposes that, while it shall possess all the advantages of the most approved cartridges now in use for smaltarms, it shall at the same time possess the quality of insuring its own passage from the gun-barrel, when the gun is fired ofi'.

For this purpose I form the tube aeither of hogs or mutton gut, or rubber, prepared in the well-known way, and rendered water-prooi', if madeof gut, by any4 ofthe approved modes for so doing. When the llet of which the tube is composed is` placed upon the former, the operator presses the llet down the former with a spiral movement of the hand, in order l to make portions of the body of the tube a overlap each other around the former, and so, by doubling, as it were, the thickness of the fillet, make a tube for the reception of the powder and shot, which, in thel direction of its length, shall possess great strength.- When so formed and allowed to dry, the tube is re moved from the former, and a charge o t powder, aant b, is inserted 4therein, with a thick the projecting' disk ot'paper, c, upon it, as represented in Fig. 1, the paper disk or wad bei ng cut with a punch,

and of a -suitable diameter to fit the tube, as.

shown.

'l`1he shot d'is then inserted, as indicated in Fig. 2. andA upon the shot another disk or wad tube a is thenturnedjover down upon the wud c, as in Fig. 4, the adhesive 'quality of thegut or rubber-serving to retain the end ot' the'caijtridge-tube in place upon the wad. 'It will thus, he seen that a portion ot' the lapped thicknesses of the tubo will be turned down upon the wad e; and for the further securing ot' the end so turned down upon the wad Ialso apply thereon,v

a disk of paper or rubber, g, Figs. 5.a1nd 6,

usinfr for such ur ose a solution of shellnc or"4v o p l other proper cement to make the parts adhere.

Tallow, as at h, Fig. 6, is then applied, which",

completes the'cartridge.

. Thus constructed, it is evident that when the cartridge is tired from a gun, the wads c and e heilig incloscd by Athe lapped portions of the cartridge and iirmlysecured, the onel to the other, the unconsumed portions of the tube will be drawn from the gun-barrel by the wads, the strength of the tube being suflicient for this purpose.

I would here state that, instead of givingthe llct a twist or spiral movement iu the actief applying it .to the former, the fillet may he pressed down npou the former simply'in the direction of its'leu'gth, which act will also cause the formation ofa tube with lengthwise lapped A portions; but in either case, in making up they. cartridge, care should be taken' to insert the wads o and e so as to be inclosed by the lapped portions ofthe fillet, and in such condition secured so as to prevent the detachment of the wad from the fillet iny the ,act'of 'passiugout from the barrel of the gun when tired o'., I

would also state that the disk c, previous to its insertionin the tube a, is provided, with adhesive material upon its periphery, in orderto hold it in place as well as assist in forcingthe proper materiel, 'while the powder portion below the disk c is left thin,the shots thereby conii'neda much longer. time after leaving the gun than would be the case it' the tube a were ,of uniform single thickness throughout. Fig.

7 illustrates' un empty tube,l a, with the wadsc l and e only in place. l

lHaving thus described my invention, what 2' amar I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, s

As a new article/ot' manufacture, a powder and shotcnrtridge constructed in the manner and 4for the purpose set forth.

` Witness my hand this 21st day of May, A.

CEAS. It. ALSOP.

Witnesses:

'Roma W. FENWIGK,

D. C. LAWRENCE. 

